(CNN) – Did Barack Obama take a dig at pop star Jessica Simpson? A transcription error set the Internet abuzz Monday as viewers debated an off-hand presidential comment about the pop star. The remark came at the end of President Obama's interview with NBC Sunday, when interviewer Matt Lauer held up a copy of the latest US Magazine, which features first lady Michelle Obama along with daughters Sasha and Malia. On the left side of the cover was a picture of Simpson, whom the magazine said is in a "weight battle." Lauer noted the magazine had replaced the president's spot in the family photo with the Simpson headline. “You got replaced by Jessica Simpson,” Lauer said. “Yeah, who’s losing a weight battle apparently,” Obama said, according to the network’s interview transcript, sparking a firestorm online. “Yeah. Oh, well.” But the transcript misquoted the president who visibly only re-read the magazine’s headline that Lauer was holding up — “She’s in a ‘weight battle,’ apparently” — and did not say that Simpson was "losing" that fight. In the future, the president may opt for safer, less controversial subjects — like government-funded contraception, or the U.S. relationship with Iran. Source: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com